Carrier for braiding machines



NOV. I 24, A. C. HOPKINS cAriamn FOR BRAIDING MACHINES Filed April 18. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov, 24, 1925- 1,563,028

A. C. HOPKINS CARRIER FOR BRAIDING mcaimzs Filed April 18. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 '1'. I I I kflwesgu Nov 24, 1925- A. c. HOPKINS CARRIER FOR BRAIDING MACHINES s' Sheets-Sheet 5 4 Filed April 18. 1924 I m 2 a Patented Nov. 24, 1%25,

U hi i ll Q ARTHUR o. EOPKZNS, or my corrrenr, or stress,

Application filed A;

Figure 1 is a side el vation or the carrier embodying the invention;

g. 2 a rear elevation of the same;

partial vertical section on the seciion on the line 1 of Fig. 3; horizontal section on the line 5 s a side elevation of the drum and 6 i device; g. Y is a section on the line 7 of Fig. 6;

S is a partial reversed view of ti o same; and

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9 or 6.

The embodiment as illustrated comprises a braiding carrier having a base 10 which is 1 'ited to be taken by a braiding machine well known type. From the base 10 rises two standards 11 and 12 which have registering holes adapted to receive the round pin 13 upon which a reel 14 is adapted to be journalled.

This reel carries wire 15 which passes up over the sheave 16 which is journalled at the top of the standard, then down under the sheave 17 and out through the eyelet 18.

The sheave 17 is journalled upon a pin 19 which passes through guideways 20, the pin 19 being drawn down by means of a yoke 21 which attached to a flexible member 22 of leather or the like which is wound about tl drum 23. 1his drum is journalled on a pin 2% and is normally retracted by means or a spiral spring The pin 2% is secured to a member 26 which is hingedly mounted at 2T to the standards 11 and 12. As long as the tension is maintained on the wire 15, it will act through the sheave 1? and the flexible member 22 to hold the trip member 26 in raised position as shown in Fig. 1. Braking of the wire 15 will permit the trip member I 1 t e a hole in Elie oppos t e and 15 1o readed in" W l position. n to take care m1 of the reels .emoval of i, when the pin j withdrawn. The reel 1% about the pin as a cen- ..80 trom the position z 9 upon 1 36, the urcated and is o ends 0'? the pin 1:). 1 has opening 38 fitting over the circular eccentric 39 which secured to the lever arm 36 by means of the screw 40. The lever arm 36 and the eccentric 39 move together so that as the arm 36 is raised and lowered, the fibre shoe 37 will be moved from and toward the brake drum or sheave s8. The engaging edge of the brake shoe 3? is made arcuate to fit the brake drum 28 and is also made V-shaped to fit the v shapet groove 28 in the brake drum. An arcuate slot 36 is formed in the arm 36 for the bolt 86* so as to permit adjustment of the normal braking posit-ion of this arm, and a spring e1 normally holds the brake shoe 3. in contact with the brake drum.

As this braiding carrier passes around the braiding table (not shown), the sheave 17 will be drawn in and out by the spring 25 to accommodate the give and take on the wire 15 which is incident to the braiding operation. As the wire 15 is taken up in the braiding operation the pin 19 will eventi ally strike the arm 36 on its upward swing 7 thereby raising the brake shoe 37 when the pull on the wire 15 will cause the reel 1% to turn, thereby paying out more wire and permitting the spring 25 to draw the sheave 17 down a short distance. When this occurs the arm 36 is again released, the spring 41 drawing it back, and setting the brake shoe 37 on the drum 28. I I

The braking mechanism herein shown together with the long spiral spring permits a uniformity of tension not heretofore known in devices oi this character. The result is that braid made with machines using this carrier will run more uniform and will lay perfectly fiat, whereas braid of this kind has heretofore often had a tendency to warp and twist badly. i

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be 1111?, derstood that it is capable ofmany modifications. Changes therefore in the construe 'tion and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in 3 the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as I claimi V v a 1. In a braider, a carrier comprising a base, standards rising from thebase, a brake drum journalled in oneof said standards, a brake shoe movable into and out of contact with said drum, a lever arm operably connected to said brake shoe, a spring normally holding said shoe against said drum, a reel operably connected to said drunnand tensioned means over which the Wire from said reel passes for engaging'said lever to -re lease the brake shoe as the wire is fed.

2. In a braider, a carrier comprising a' V broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

base, standards rising fromthebase, a brake drum journalled in one ofsaid standards and having a ii-shaped groove in its periphery,-

an arcnate hard fibre brake shoe novable into and out of contact with said drum, a

lever arm operably connected to said brake shoe a s rin normallv holdin said shoe against said drum, a reeloperab'ly connected I to said drum, ;an d tensioned means over which the wire from said reel passes for engaging said lever to release thebrakeshoe as the wire is fed, 7 I

3. In a braider,v a carrier comprising a base, standards rising from the base, brake drum journalled in one of said standards, a brake shoe gnovable into and out of contact .7 5

with Said drum, a lever arm operably connected'to said'brake shoe, a spring normally holding sa d shoe aga nst said druma reel operably connected to said drum, tensioned I J means over which the wire from said reel passes tor engaging said lever to releaseithe brake asthe wire is tetha threaded sleeve.

screwed into the standard opposite said brake drain, and means for locking said} sleeve in adjusted position.

4. In a braider, a carrier comprising a base, standards rising fromthe base, brake drum journalled in one of said standards, a

operably connected to said drum, and ten;

sioned means over whichtllje Wire from said reel passes for engagingfsaid lever to vrelease the brake shoe as the wire is fed,

said last mentioned 211163118 comprising a trip member pivotally connected to said standards; 7

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